Radical measures to combat police corruption and misconduct will be announced
by the Government this month in an attempt to restore public trust in the
service, the Policing Minister has told The Times.

Damian Green said that the police service had reached “a fork in the road” and
had to decide whether to embrace reform or risk losing its reputation.

The Government’s “integrity agenda” is a response to a spate of scandals
including the
“plebgate” incident, the Hillsborough
report, inquiries into a number of senior officers and the ongoing
investigation into newspaper payments to officers. Last Friday alone two
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